Scrub Greenlet

Scrub Greenlet

Hylophilus flavipes

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Panama City

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%

508 Verified sightings at Panama City
2,559 In all 13 parks From 2019 to 2026
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Scrub Greenlet

The scrub greenlet (Hylophilus flavipes) is a small passerine bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Tobago, and Venezuela. The scrub greenlet's taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC, the Clements taxonomy, AviList, and the independent South American Classification Committee assign it these seven subspecies:

Clements does recognize these taxa as distinctive within the full species, calling them the "scrub greenlet (yellow-green)", "scrub greenlet (Tobago)" and "scrub greenlet (scrub)". The North American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:17

Venezuela · 2023

© Francisco contreras · XC838721 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Uncertain0:14

Colombia · 2021

© Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel) · XC632486 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:49

Panama · 2016

© Hans Matheve · XC361689 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~40%
2 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
3 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
4 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
5 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
6 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~10%
7 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
8 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
9 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
10 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
11 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
12 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
13 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Panama City 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
2 Valencia 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~10%
3 Caracas 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~10%
4 Medellín 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Scrub Greenlet in Panama City?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scrub Greenlet sighting in Panama City on a given day, based on 508 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 80th most-seen of the 363 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Scrub Greenlet in Panama City?

May

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Scrub Greenlet in Panama City on a given day, against under 5% in March and November, the lowest months. That is one of Panama City's wettest months, with about 250 mm of rain against 10 mm in February.

What time of day is best to see a Scrub Greenlet?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scrub Greenlet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Panama City the best place to see a Scrub Greenlet?

Yes

Of the 4 cities where we can rate Scrub Greenlet sightings, Panama City has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Valencia (Venezuela, about 10%) and Caracas (Venezuela, about 10%).

Where does the Scrub Greenlet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Scrub Greenlet is recorded against all the birds logged in Panama City (508 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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